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[Dovecot] Chrooting dovecot.
by BSD Mail 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Greetings, I have installed Dovecot under FreeBSD 5_3 It is pretty impressive. I got SSL working with no problem for both imap and pop3. Besides that I do still want to chroot Dovecot. I noticed that there are some options in the dovecot.conf that are intended for this. Unfortunately online resources on how to do that can't be found on google. Although I'm running the server as user dovecot. I still do have this: dovecot pop3-login 491 1 tcp4 10.0.1.4:995 *:* dovecot pop3-login 490 1 tcp4 10.0.1.4:995 *:* dovecot pop3-login 489 1 tcp4 10.0.1.4:995 *:* dovecot imap-login 488 1 tcp4 10.0.1.4:993 *:* dovecot imap-login 487 1 tcp4 10.0.1.4:993 *:* dovecot imap-login 486 1 tcp4 10.0.1.4:993 *:* root dovecot 481 5 tcp4 10.0.1.4:993 *:* root dovecot 481 6 tcp4 10.0.1.4:995 *:* Fine for the first six lines it's doing what it's doing. But the last two lines are running as root. That is why I want to chroot the server. I would like if anyone can point me to some howto or notes on how to do so. If there is none I will have to configure a jail just for this purpose. Thanks in advance. -- Regards,

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[Dovecot] Abort error in current CVS version
by Todd Burroughs 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

I just tried the latest version from CVS and got this error: dovecot: Mar 29 18:11:33 Error: 27526 IMAP(todd.bluegenesis.com): Corrupted index cache file /mailhome/new/t/b/todd.bluegenesis.com/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: Duplicated field in header: hdr.RESENT-TO dovecot: Mar 29 18:11:33 Error: 27526 IMAP(todd.bluegenesis.com): file index-mail-headers.c: line 68 (index_mail_parse_header_finish): assertion failed: (match[match_idx] != mail->header_match_value + 1) dovecot: Mar 29 18:11:34 Error: child 27526 (imap) killed with signal 6 I deleted the index files, didn't help. I checked my mailbox and there aren't any mails with a duplicate "Resent-To" header. With older versions of dovecot, I still get this error, but it does not abort. (Using mbox, if it matters) Here's a backtrace: Core was generated by `imap'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0xffffe410 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0xffffe410 in ?? () #1 0xbffff528 in ?? () #2 0x00000006 in ?? () #3 0x00006b86 in ?? () #4 0xb7ef1d41 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #5 0xb7ef3529 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #6 0x0809744a in i_internal_panic_handler ( fmt=0x6 <Address 0x6 out of bounds>, args=0x6b86 <Address 0x6b86 out of bounds>) at failures.c:374 #7 0x08097864 in i_panic ( format=0x80a3bcc "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:173 #8 0x080748cf in index_mail_parse_header (part=0x0, hdr=0x0, mail=0x80c2f20) at index-mail-headers.c:210 #9 0x08090963 in _read (stream=0x80c3be8) at istream-header-filter.c:170 #10 0x0809a293 in i_stream_read (stream=0x80c3c0c) at istream.c:51 #11 0x0809a4d1 in i_stream_read_data (stream=0x80c3c0c, data=0xbffff7c4, size=0xbffff7c8, threshold=58) at istream.c:229 #12 0x08092f5f in message_parse_header_next (ctx=0x80c1920, hdr_r=0xbffff7f8) at message-parser.c:735 #13 0x0809363e in message_parse_header (part=0x0, input=0x80c3c0c, hdr_size=0x0, callback=0x80757c0 <search_header>, context=0xbffff880) at message-parser.c:655 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #14 0x08075640 in index_storage_search_next (_ctx=0x80c5568, mail=0x80c2f20) at index-search.c:502 #15 0x0808b705 in mailbox_search_next (ctx=0x6, mail=0x80c2f20) at mail-storage.c:405 #16 0x08057bee in cmd_search (cmd=0x80ba980) at cmd-search.c:33 #17 0x080594f5 in _client_input (context=0x80ba940) at client.c:334 #18 0x0809c5da in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x80b95b0) at ioloop-poll.c:184 #19 0x0809bcf9 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x80b95b0) at ioloop.c:218 #20 0x080603a7 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa74, envp=0xbffffa7c) at main.c:229 (gdb)

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[Dovecot] Compile Error in current CVS
by Todd Burroughs 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Had a small error with the current CVS version. It was in deliver.c. Here's a fix. I'm assuming that adding NULL is correct ;-) dovecot.2005-03-29/src # diff deliver/deliver.c.orig deliver/deliver.c 86c86 < box = mailbox_open(storage, mailbox, MAILBOX_OPEN_FAST | --- > box = mailbox_open(storage, mailbox, NULL, MAILBOX_OPEN_FAST | Here's the symptoms: deliver.c: In function `save_mail': deliver.c:87: warning: passing arg 3 of `mailbox_open' makes pointer from integer without a cast deliver.c:87: error: too few arguments to function `mailbox_open' make[3]: *** [deliver.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/services/src/9.2/dovecot/dovecot.2005-03-29/src/deliver' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/services/src/9.2/dovecot/dovecot.2005-03-29/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/services/src/9.2/dovecot/dovecot.2005-03-29' make: *** [all] Error 2

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[Dovecot] Checkin 1.37 of src/lib-storage/mail-storage.c
by Geo Carncross 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Checkin 1.37 of src/lib-storage/mail-storage.c added a parameter to mailbox_open() but this broke building src/deliver/deliver.c as revision 1.2 doesn't use the new parameter. It looks like save_mail() of src/deliver/deliver.c calls mailbox_open() and it looks like it might work fine if it were to use a (struct istream *)0 as the third parameter (instead of the flags) -- but I don't use deliver [yet], so I don't have any adequate way to test this. -- Internet Connection High Quality Web Hosting http://www.internetconnection.net/

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[Dovecot] mbox zlib compression plugin
by Timo Sirainen 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Some people have been asking this forever, but because it wasn't possible to implement it as a plugin, I hadn't done it. Now, due to some API changes for other purposes, it was suddenly easy. So, if you want to try it, grab the latest CVS code / nightly CVS snapshot and http://dovecot.org/patches/1.0/zlib-plugin.tar.gz Compilation instructions inside zlib-plugin.c file. What it does is check if mbox name ends with ".gz", if so it opens it as read-only using zlib. If the file isn't actually zlib compressed, zlib seems to be able to still access it as a normal file (but it's still read-only). It should be possible to implement it for maildir files as well by hooking into mail_get_stream().

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[Dovecot] FC2 POP Configurtion
by Linux Stuff 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

I'm a newbie to dovecot and a little bit less of a newbit to linux. I am in the process of moving my server from RH9 to FC2. The only obstacle remaining is my email. I run sendmail with netscape mail clients - mostly PC's. They all can read their mail but none of the users can send. Depending on the state of the dovecot.conf file, I get the following: Mar 28 16:04:14 corvette sendmail[5810]: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: Invalid argument Mar 28 16:04:14 corvette sendmail[5810]: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: Invalid argument Mar 28 16:04:14 corvette sendmail[5810]: no secret in database I know I must be missing something, probably trivial. Does someone have a simple, easy-to-read, config file for dovecot pop running with sendmail? Thanks

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[Dovecot] error creating storage
by Alex 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Hello, I have some problems. I am getting the error: Mar 28 21:24:01 APOLLO imap(alex(a)mydomain.nl): Failed to create storage with data: mydomain.nl/alex What is wrong with it? I think it has something to do with the rights or something. Can anyone tell me what to do? Thank you, Alex

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[Dovecot] Re: telnet to pop3 problem
by Obantec Support 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Hi Yes i was :( did the change you suggested and that bit works now. Off to look at using syslog to how dovecot logging works. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert" <herbert(a)oslo.ath.cx> To: "Obantec Support" <support(a)obantec.net> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: Re: telnet to pop3 problem > Obantec Support <support(a)obantec.net> wrote: > > Hi > > > > default_mail_env was commented out. when i set it to > > > > default_mail_env = maildir:/var/spool/mail/%u > ^^^^^^^ > You are not using maildir, are you? > > > it fails to deliver maillog shows. > > Mar 28 15:34:31 proteus2a pop3(obantec): > > lstat(/var/spool/mail/obantec/cur) failed: Not a directory > > > > /var/spool/mail exists what is /cur ??? all i want is > > /var/spool/mail/obantec where obantec is the mail file. > > Maybe you should use: > > default_mail_env = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u > > - Herbert > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 27/03/2005 > >

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[Dovecot] telnet to pop3 problem
by Obantec Support 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Hi I have 1 customer who is having issues with pop3 on FC3 telnet mail.hisdomain.com 110 +OK dovecot ready. user beachy -ERR Unknown command. user beachy +OK pass letmein +OK Logged in. list -ERR No INBOX for user. pass & username fake for this example! Mark

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[Dovecot] Wiki upgrade
by Timo Sirainen 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Upgraded Moin wiki from 1.2.x -> 1.3.4 which required migrating old data using several scripts and reconfiguring the whole thing. If you see any problems, please mail me.

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